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The Hundred Guinea Oak at the National Trust’s The Vyne in Basingstoke
“This ancient oak tree, thought to be more than 650 years old, owes its long life to William John Chute, who opened The Vyne during the 19th Century. It’s believed that the tree gained its name after he refused to sell it to a naval agent looking for t …
The end of a thinning project
The end of a thinning project for a local council. All the timber was recycled locally
6000m stock fencing on top of Tan Hill
e’ve now come to the end of phase 1 of the stock fence work on top of Wiltshire’s second-highest point. We had erected 6000m of stock fencing on the top of Tan Hill. The first two images go back to mid-December, with the third as at mid-February. “Ta …
Reduction to a row of poplars in Market Lavington
With all the high-tech toys we have there is still a need for rope and harness when no access allows a MEWP anywhere near! Here are Jamie Mcdoog and Jac reducing a row of poplars near Market Lavington by 30ft in height.
Reduction to decayed beech tree
Reduction to a decayed beech tree to try and retain for a few more years and provide habitat in the meantime; but, our 26m MEWP was not quite enough reach for the top. Access was tight, but a great job was done by all involved over the two days. …
Our tracked MEWP – just the job for those hard-to-reach trees
You can’t beat our tracked MEWP for those hard-to-reach trees in hard-to-reach positions. We removed a failing ash tree from over a garage and a river in the pouring rain. And, the local EA testing station was 20 metres downstream! Well done to all F …
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Annual hedge trim, Devizes
The annual hedge trim at a long-standing client nr Devizes, mainly very old and large yew hedges which required a mixture of MEWPS to be able to reach them all, with some being 30ft high and 20ft wide in places. It’s a good time of year to …
Rock spiking in the rain in Winsley
Following long delays, our clients recently took possession of their small holding at Winsley, with 10 acres of unkept land and gardens to secure mainly to keep livestock and young children out of harm’s way. Here’s Tristan Warden rock spiking before d …
Team outing
Thanks to The Well at Bulkington for the works outing a couple of weeks ago, another year has slipped by.
Removal of a fallen tree across the tow path at Devizes
Removal of a fallen tree across the towpath at Devizes is all made easy with Sam on the crane!
Hedge cutting and pruning assisted by the Spiderlift MEWP
Back again to a regular client for some extreme hedge cutting and pruning, all made easy with the CMC Spiderlift 23m tracked MEWP Jamie Mcdoog Matty Gaslonde Tucker and Co
Removal of larch trees along a drive
Removal of larch trees along a drive to a country house where we have been removing large conifers surrounding the gardens. They were planted as a screen but had now outgrown their position, so we removed three to allow the drive to be exte …
Hedge trimming box and yew at Avebury Manor
Jamie has been at Avebury Manor trimming the endless box and yew hedges in the gardens – with help from Len, Felix, Matty and Jac.
Table top sawn from cedar
It has taken time and a lot of effort (not by us) but it finally arrived today: a table sawn from the 100′ Cedar of Lebanon tree which was decayed and had to be taken down last year. It comes with a ‘live’ edge and legs cut from the same tree (wh …
The RoboFlail at work again
The RoboFlail is at work again… Ben was in Bristol last week trying to avoid general garden rubbish under the brambles whilst clearing a site for Wring Group Ltd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXqQMH-vS4
The lime pollards in West Lavington look a little different after a season’s growth
The lime trees in West Lavington which underwent pollarding in the early spring look a little different after a season’s growth… See here for the original news post back in March
Permacrisis? What Permacrisis… Read our latest newsletter
Permacrisis? What Permacrisis… Please enjoy a copy of our latest newsletter sent out on 8th November. To have your own copy pop into your email inbox, just complete the pop-up form when you land on our site or go to our contact page
200m of post and 3-rail fence with netting
Our project this week was to erect 200m of post and 3-rail fence with netting for a local housing development in Worton, which hopefully will keep the cows out of the building site!